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ANTONELLO DA MESSINA (ANTONELLO DI GIOVANNI D'ANTONIO). Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man. Artist: Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) (Italian, Messina ca. 1430-1479 Messina). Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.6 cm). Date: ca. 1470.
Trained in Naples in the Netherlandish technique of oil painting, Antonello set the standard for portraiture when he came from Sicily to Venice in 1475. Long before Leonardo da' Vinci, he introduced the incipient smile as an indication of the inner life of the sitter, enveloping his features in a soft light and engaging the viewer with his direct gaze. In these ways, the picture responds to the often-voiced negative view that painting was a mere depiction of the outward appearance of a person--not his character.

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Author: ANTONELLO DA MESSINA (ANTONELLO DI GIOVANNI D'ANTONIO) (ca. 1430-1479)

Title: Portrait of a Young Man

Caption: Portrait of a Young Man. Artist: Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d'Antonio) (Italian, Messina ca. 1430-1479 Messina). Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.6 cm). Date: ca. 1470. Trained in Naples in the Netherlandish technique of oil painting, Antonello set the standard for portraiture when he came from Sicily to Venice in 1475. Long before Leonardo da' Vinci, he introduced the incipient smile as an indication of the inner life of the sitter, enveloping his features in a soft light and engaging the viewer with his direct gaze. In these ways, the picture responds to the often-voiced negative view that painting was a mere depiction of the outward appearance of a person--not his character.

Technique/material: OIL ON WOOD

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3169 × 4179 px | 37.9 MB

Print size: 26.8 × 35.4 cm | 1247.6 × 1645.3 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ANTONELLO DA MESSINA (ANTONELLO DI GIOVANNI D'ANTONIO) • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • ITALY • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON WOOD • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS